Top 10% for schools that don't rank

Applying to College
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<p>Hello :) Sorry if I'm sounding like a broken record, but I haven't gotten many/any responses on the previous threads I've made about my situation. </p>

<p>In short: I went to a <em>very</em> competitive public school in grades 9-11 and was in the top 2-3%. I am transferring to a different, also <em>very</em> competitive public school for 12th grade, and based on the way the calculate GPAs, I will just barely miss the top 10%. HOWEVER, this school technically doesn't rank, even though you can find out the decile info online. </p>

<p>My question is: top colleges including the Ivy League often publish that the vast majority of their incoming students have ranked in the Top 10% (97% sticks out in my head, though I'm not sure what school this stat is from). What if a school doesn't rank? </p>

<p>For the sake of retaining anonymity, I'm using a Lynbrook High School as an example, even though I won't be attending there. I do believe that the school I will go to is of comparable competitiveness. 82% of students at Lynbrook are asian, they have an astoundingly high average SAT score, around a <em>third</em> of the students get some kind of National Merit designation, etc. Though they do not rank students, an easy google search yields this doc (<a href="http://lynbrook.schoolloop.com/file/1211910068934/1226194406437/6984459965090533130.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://lynbrook.schoolloop.com/file/1211910068934/1226194406437/6984459965090533130.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) which details what GPA corresponds to each decile. In short - even if there are no individual rankings, colleges can see that a student coming in with a great 3.95 GPA isn't even in the top 10% at Lynbrook. Would this student have a very bad chance of making it into HYPSM type schools? Even worse (and as is my case), what if this student had transferred into Lynbrook for only Senior year, and had been in the top 2-3% or better in their previous school, which did rank? </p>

<p>Thanks if you can answer. I'm obviously a bit stressed with having to move, and I'm worried that this move (which I couldn't prevent) is going to have a negative effect on my college admissions...</p>

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<p>Since your previous HS was very competitive, the top colleges likely know it reasonably well, and when looking at your transcript will be able to estimate your class rank there. That should serve you well, and I guess it would carry a fair bit of weight. T How your previous grades are “re-cast” into your new school is probably far less important than how you do the first half of senior year with actual grades and course rigor relative to the kids at the new school. If the new school has an even more competitive profile and you are keeping up then that reflects well on your candidacy</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response :)<br>
Bump…
For schools that I’m applying early to, will I send my old school’s transcript?</p>

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<p>You’ll need to send a transcript from both schools.</p>